Liability & Litigation

Rules for Challenging LEED Certifications Changed 

Nov 1, 2010, By Timothy R. Hughes, Esq., leed ap; Bean, Kinney & Korman; Arlington, Va.

The Green Building Certification Institute (GBCI) has changed the way it handles challenges to certifications it issues under the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) program. ...

Appeal Raises Questions About LEED Certification 

Aug 1, 2010, BY GINA VITIELLO, LEED AP, CHAMBERLAIN HRDLICKA, ATLANTA, GA.

The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) has handed down its first decision with respect to a third-party challenge to a LEED certification. It involves an appeal of the certification awarded to Northland Pines High School in Eagle River, Wis. Now, we must figure out how the challenge and the USGBC’s response to it impacts the certification and decertification processes moving forward....